Would anyone like to have seen Rom recast
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Nope. Max Rox!
No. I like Rom just the way he is.
Not at all. In fact, I think they made Rom smarter as the series went on, and Max Grodenchik (spelling?) handled it very well. He had no head for business (which would certainly make him "dumb" in Ferengi society), but he was shown to be a very capable engineer. He was the one who figured out how to mine the entrance to the wormhole, for pete's sake! I remember when Chief O'Brien asked Rom to cover for him:
Rom: "You mean I have to stay here and play the idiot?"
O'Brien: "I'm sorry."
Rom: "I'm Quark's brother, I know the role."
Someone with a better memory than I have can tell me what episode that was from, but I think that summed Rom up pretty well.
Rom: "You mean I have to stay here and play the idiot?"
O'Brien: "I'm sorry."
Rom: "I'm Quark's brother, I know the role."
Someone with a better memory than I have can tell me what episode that was from, but I think that summed Rom up pretty well.
Not Really. There were a few cringeworthy moments with Rom - whenever he would exhort a kinda exaggerated "huh?", with the requisite super clueless semi-cartoonish voice, and especially when he would cry "moogieeee" 
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- but I grew to have a great affection for him as the series went on, especially in regards to his relationships with Nog, Quark and Leeta. And I actually found the Quark-Rom storyline during the six-parter very touching.
. - but I grew to have a great affection for him as the series went on, especially in regards to his relationships with Nog, Quark and Leeta. And I actually found the Quark-Rom storyline during the six-parter very touching.
This.
This, this.
Not Really. There were a few cringeworthy moments with Rom - whenever he would exhort a kinda exaggerated "huh?", with the requisite super clueless semi-cartoonish voice, and especially when he would cry "moogieeee"
That pretty much sums it up for me
Not a big fan of Rom. His development turned out to be very good, but the "idiot shtick" moments were awful...
^ Yes, those.There were a few cringeworthy moments with Rom - whenever he would exhort a kinda exaggerated "huh?", with the requisite super clueless semi-cartoonish voice, and especially when he would cry "moogieeee"
Not recast. But I think he could have turned it down a notch. He still could have served as comic relief without going so ridiculously over the top.
For whatever reason Rom always reminds me of this:
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The two things that bugged me about Rom were his annoying voice and his unsightly crooked tooth, which I always found distracting, but I doubt the actor was to blame for either. If it was a choice by the people running the show to do his make-up like that and have him talk the way he did, recasting wouldn't have solved the problem. If those two things had been changed about Rom, I would have liked him a lot more. The voice was especially grating. He sounded like some simpleton Looney Tunes character (i.e. The Abominable Snowman) or the cowardly Lion from "The Wizard of Oz", which made it hard to take him seriously when he was really angry or serious about something. I did enjoy his cowardly scream of "Moooogie!" in "Little Green Men", though. 
The two things that bugged me about Rom were his annoying voice and his unsightly crooked tooth, which I always found distracting, but I doubt the actor was to blame for either. If it was a choice by the people running the show to do his make-up like that and have him talk the way he did, recasting wouldn't have solved the problem. If those two things had been changed about Rom, I would have liked him a lot more. The voice was especially grating. He sounded like some simpleton Looney Tunes character (i.e. The Abominable Snowman) or the cowardly Lion from "The Wizard of Oz", which made it hard to take him seriously when he was really angry or serious about something. I did enjoy his cowardly scream of "Moooogie!" in "Little Green Men", though.
Just had one serious aha! moment with regards to this. All these years i've been like "I KNOW i've heard that voice before, but could not place it lol. But yes, he sounds almost exactly like the cowardly lion at times.
Not a big fan of Rom. His development turned out to be very good, but the "idiot shtick" moments were awful...^ Yes, those.There were a few cringeworthy moments with Rom - whenever he would exhort a kinda exaggerated "huh?", with the requisite super clueless semi-cartoonish voice, and especially when he would cry "moogieeee"
Just watched the Season 3 DVD's about two months ago, and I just shook my head at the number of times Rom did the "moogie" thing during "Family Business"
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